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Keeping Ashanti Clean Agenda Gets Boost As Zoomlion supports with 13 garbage trucks

In support of the “Keeping Ashanti Region Clean and Green” agenda, Zoomlion Ghana Limited (ZGL) has presented 13 brand new state-of-the-art-waste collection trucks to district assemblies in the Greater Kumasi Area of the Ashanti Region. The waste management trucks will help address the problem of lack of adequate garbage trucks …

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Government to cut salaries of some appointees by 30 percent

Government could, in the coming days, reduce the salaries of some appointees by between 20 percent and 30 percent, a report from Asaase.com has revealed. According to the report, the move is to protect the social intervention policy of the Akufo-Addo administration which includes Free Senior High School policy. This …

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50-year-old man missing in Kula, family appeals for support

A man believed to be in his fifties, and unstable mentally has been reported missing in Kulaa, a suburb of Tamale Metropolis Reports gathered by GhanaWeb has it that the 50 years old man, named Mahamadu Fuseini, left from a treatment centre at Gbanyamni in the same Municipality. The man is said …

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‘I’m safe in the custody of my own people’ – Slain L/Cpl Nyame’s words to girlfriend

The girlfriend of one of the slain policemen who was implicated in the bullion van attacks case, has narrated her last days with her late beloved. Sedem, as she is known as, said the late Lance Corporal Stephen Kwaku Nyame had been on admission at the hospital when one night, …

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March 21, 1952: The day Kwame Nkrumah became first Prime Minister of Gold Coast

Exactly 70 years ago, Ghana’s first president, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, became the first prime minister of the then Gold Coast. Before he became prime minister, Dr Nkrumah, was the Leader of the Government Business of the new Legislative Assembly. The assembly met on February 20, 1951, because his party, the …

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Sankofa Series: All the 12 ministers who formed Ghana’s first government under Nkrumah

The Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government sits comfortably at the top of the list of governments since Ghana’s independence that have had the tallest records of appointees serving in various ministerial portfolios. The ‘elephant-sized’ government of the Nana Akufo-Addo regime was announced right after the New Patriotic Party assumed office in 2017, …

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Rainstorm rips off roof of basic school in Jinijini

A rainstorm has destroyed the roof of Jinijini Presbyterian Junior High School “B” in the Berekum West District of the Bono Region. The rains which started around 6:00 pm on Friday 19th March 2022, ripped off the roof of a portion of the entire classroom block. Two classrooms used by …

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Ghana drops from 95th to 111th happiest country in the world — UN

Ghana has been ranked as the 111th happiest country in the world on a United Nations (UN) ranking. Ghana became the 111th country after dropping 16 places on the World Happiness Report. In 2021 the country placed 95th in the World happiness ranking. Compiled by a group of Independent experts, …

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Water shortage forces Kpane residents to share river with animals

Water shortage has forced residents of Kpane, a community in the Sagnerigu Municipality of the Northern Region to share the same source of water they drink with animals. On a visit to the community on Friday, March 18 by GhanaWeb, the residents (women), were seen fetching water from the same source …

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